Wednesday, January 30, 2008
TUNE-UP DAY
My blue monorail had been running a lot slower than my red one. I decided it was a time for me to find out why. I took it apart and cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol. I cleaned the gears and even took out the brushes and cleaned them. When I put it back together It would hardly move at all. I started to panic. I was thinking I would have to send it to Doug Burwell and admit that he was the expert. I have cleaned a lot of model trains that way. After hours of trying to run it I realized that I had dried out everything and had not lubricated anything. One drop of WD40 to the shaft where the brushes ride and it ran as fast as my red one. Sorry Doug, maybe next time.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
I had a lot of fun with this area of the park. I got sleeping beauty's castle from a 99 cent store and painted it. The fireworks were done with stencils and chalk. The rocket to the moon was made by hand with card stock. The rocket is a real estes model rocket that you could really shoot in the sky. The people are "little hommies" from the gum machines. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE COMMENT LINK BELOW TO LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOU WERE HERE.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Matterhorn Bobsled entrance
I have been busy working on my layout again. How could you have a Disneyland monorail without a bobsled ride. Don't you wish the lines were this short at Disneyland? As you can see, the bobsleds come out of the matterhorn and stop for new riders to get on. If you look closely you can see sleeping Beauty's castle in the upper right. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
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